US prosecution sheds light on passport trafficking routes linked to Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish national has been charged with knowingly transporting counterfeit Mexican passports from Cancun, providing a fresh glimpse ...
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Erdogan’s drone mogul son-in-law aims to be the first to prove autonomous jets in a war: ‘We’ll demonstrate it to the world’
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Selçuk Bayraktar, chairman of Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said autonomous jet-powered ...
Iranian intelligence enjoyed freedom of movement in Turkey under Erdogan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Iran's intelligence services were able to operate with remarkable freedom inside Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist ...
Official data show more people leaving than entering Turkey amid population decline
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey recorded higher immigration and lower emigration in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to official data ...
Turkey shifts Black Sea strategy with NATO-backed mission to move against Russia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey is moving to the forefront of a NATO-backed multinational security initiative aimed at supporting Ukraine and strengthening ...
Erdogan expands control over private enterprise as takeovers reach record scale
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s expanding use of court-appointed trustees to oversee private companies has reached its largest scale in years, with ...
Turkey’s rulers rely on sprawling prison system to suppress opposition and silence critics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government’s aggressive use of imprisonment against critics, dissidents and political opponents has continued to drive the ...
New official data show Turkey’s demographic crisis deepening as birth rate falls to 1.42 children per woman
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s demographic decline accelerated further after newly released official statistics showed the country’s fertility rate dropping to 1.42 ...
Turkey turns into a revolving door for drug lords
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The arrest of Dutch national Wilhelmus Adrianus Leijdekkers in Istanbul this month has revived scrutiny over Turkey’s handling ...
Turkish businessman alleges major extortion network linking media, judiciary and organized crime
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s justice minister, Akın Gürlek, a former chief prosecutor in Istanbul and a loyalist jurist who weaponized criminal ...
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